Category: Asia

Boosting tourism with a Giant Squid vs Robot fight 0

Boosting tourism with a Giant Squid vs Robot fight

[youtube lfwO6lXOrhc] Some of the first thoughts that come to mind when you think of stereotypical Japanese’s favorite things would be sea creaters, robots and anime. Well this tourism video by the city of...

Miss Hissy at Hong Kong airport 0

Miss Hissy at Hong Kong airport

[youtube xbVw7entkxg] We really shouldnt be making fun of this, but it is just too funny. Check out this wonderful hissing fit by a lady at Hong Kong airport recently. She has thrown an...

DisneySea’s BraviSEAmo! 1

DisneySea’s BraviSEAmo!

At the end of a huge day at Tokyo’s Disney Sea the ocean’s come alive with the most spectacular show only Disney could attempt. BraviSEAmo! features fire, fireworks, giant dragons, fountains, boats and of...

Dine in a A380 without taking off 1

Dine in a A380 without taking off

Recently in the Taiwanese capital Taipei a novel restaurant opened which has caused a bit of interest around the world. Known as the A380 In Flight Kitchen the restaurant is themed as the giant...

New years at Taipei 101 0

New years at Taipei 101

[youtube e5ZRQ6shy9A] The 101 floor Taipei 101 is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world and also one of the very few that is transformed into a countdown clock and fireworks display on new...

Building with Lego bricks in Malaysia 0

Building with Lego bricks in Malaysia

We did a story a few months ago in Lego Land in San Diego, well another one of the popular themeparks is being planned for 2013 in Johor State, Malaysia not far from the...

Carp Castle- Hiroshima 0

Carp Castle- Hiroshima

The Hiroshima Castle which is now sometimes fondly called the Carp Castle dates back to the 1590’s but was rebuilt after the atomic attack of 1945 in 1958 and today serves mainly as a...

Ueno Park 0

Ueno Park

Ueno Park is one of the larger parks in Tokyo and home to many of Tokyo’s cultural attractions including the Ueno zoo, Tokyo National Museum, National Science Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The centre...

Dutch tourists ripped off by Indian food seller 0

Dutch tourists ripped off by Indian food seller

We think it must be a slow news day at Reuters after reading this story about a Dutch couple who paid around $200 US for a plate of 4 samosas in India. Apparently the...

Port Discovery at DisneySea 0

Port Discovery at DisneySea

Like Tommorowland at Disneyland Port Discovery is Tokyo’s Disneysea’s look into the future. With a very flash Jules Verne inspired retro futuristic theme this place is a lot of fun with it’s two major...